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Investment & finance
Bulgaria takes on MAS
BULGARIA A joint venture majority owned by MAS Real Estate with Prime Kapital has acquired two shopping centres in Burgas and Stara Zagora for EUR 62 mln from Globe Trade Centre and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Hotels
Accor in Sarajevo
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Swissôtel, which is part of the AccorHotels group, has entered into a franchise agreement with Al Shiddi International from Riyadh to develop a 218-room urban resort in Sarajevo with the opening scheduled for early 2018.
Gethouse to house students in factory
POLAND Golub Gethouse has completed the purchase of the former Telpod electronics factory building for Golub GetHouse Property Fund II FIZ on ul. Romanowicza in Kraków. The building is to be converted into university accommodation.
Changing face of retail innovation
EUROPE Technological innovation, increasing competition from e-commerce and ever more demanding customers are forcing shopping centres to make changes in order to not only meet customer expectations, but also to stand out from the competition. A shopping centre’s success is now dependent upon an ever increasing number of factors and this creates challenges for both planned and existing centres, claim CBRE in the ‘Shopping Centre 4.0: Innovations in Shopping Centres’ report.
Investment & finance
Kokotów to be extended with bond financing
POLAND A 7R Logistic subsidiary has raised PLN 12 mln through a bond issue, with the money being earmarked to extend the Kraków-Kokotów logistics park.
Murapol Architects Drive on ul. Klasztorna
POLAND Murapol has purchased a 1.24 ha plot for PLN 6.4 mln on ul. Klasztorna in Wrocław where it is to build an estate of three five-storey buildings with 280 apartments and a combined useable area of 11,300 sqm.
Retail & leisure
Fun and games in Wroclavia
POLAND A Fikołki play centre is to be opened in the Wroclavia shopping centre, which is being developed in the centre of Wrocław by Unibail-Rodamco.
Archicom shares profits
POLAND The Archicom group of Wrocław has registered record sales for 2016 and is to pay a larger dividend to its shareholders than in the previous year. Additionally, the company is also preparing to launch an office project.
Retail & leisure
Tychy mall to be extended
POLAND The land on which the City Point shopping centre stands has been re-zoned allowing for the extension and modernisation of the mall.
More food in TriCity
POLAND OT Port Gdynia, which is owned by OT Logistics, has opened a warehouse for agricultural cargo next to Gdynia harbour.
Office & mixed-use development
Walter Herz in Prosta
POLAND Real estate consultancy Walter Herz has moved to the Prosta Tower office building.
Retail & leisure
KiK opened in Świętokrzyskie
POLAND KiK has opened a new outlet in Kielce in the Pasaż Świętokrzyski shopping centre at ul. Massalskiego 3.
Residential
Premium construction begins in Wrocław
POLAND Dom Development has begun construction work on stages four and five of the Premium estate in Warsaw’s Bemowo district. In the fourth stage, a nine-storey building is to be built with 248 apartments as well as 231 underground parking spaces.
Office & mixed-use development
Capgemini signs big Wrocław lease
POLAND French multinational IT consulting corporation Capgemini has leased more than 13,000 sqm in Wrocław’s Business Garden, developed by Vastint Poland.
Office & mixed-use development
Buma makes another DOT
POLAND Buma has started the construction work on another office building in the DOT Office complex on ul. Czerwone Maki/Podole in Kraków.
DTZ Echinox becomes Cushman & Wakefield Echinox
ROMANIA Cushman & Wakefield has signed an exclusive arrangement with DTZ Echinox for the latter to be its affiliate in Romania. The formal affiliate appointment follows the 2015 global merger of Cushman & Wakefield and DTZ. DTZ Echinox had been DTZ’s partner in the country since 2002.
Investment & finance
Europa completes Warsaw Radisson Blu Centrum purchase
Europa Capital and WX Management Services have announced that they have completed the acquisition of the Radisson Blu Centrum Hotel in central Warsaw.
Investment & finance
MMG to invest in regional cities
POLAND Following the EUR 104.5 mln sale of Galeria Młociny in Warsaw, Master Management Group has announced that it has plans to invest in prime locations in Poland’s reginal cities.
Investment & finance
Griffin listing and leasing
POLAND Griffin Premium RE has made its debut on the Warsaw trading floor.
Investment & finance
Bouwfonds buys Apartamenty Novum II
POLAND Netherlands-based Bouwfonds Investment Management (Bouwfonds IM) has bought the three buildings in the second stage of the Apartamenty Novum residential development in Kraków for an undisclosed sum for its Bouwfonds European Residential Fund (BERF).
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Architecture and urban planning
Praga to tower up over Warsaw
High-rise developments may be developed near the National Stadium metro station. The city's spatial policy clearly aims to break down the division bet ...
ULI releases New Urban Poland report
Plans created for Airport City around CPK
Construction
BERGER Bau to Modernise Wrocław Student Residences
BERGER Bau Polska will modernise the Kredka and Ołówek student residences owned by the University of Wrocław under a contract worth PLN 41.44 mln gros ...
Dekpol Budownictwo strengthens its position in the public-sector construction market
Topping-out ceremony held at new primary school in Biedrusko
Coronavirus
Vaccination centre provided by Globalworth
The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre.
Employers in no rush to return to workplaces
Catella sees hope and chances for real estate after Covid-19
Corporate social responsibility
Not only for horses
Panattoni BTS and Commercecon together support the establishment of the second Centaurus Foundation centre in Poland to help horses and other animals.
Panattoni sticks to the fairway
Colliers ends operations in Russia, Belarus
Data centres
Data centres could supply more heat to Polish cities
Poland’s growing data centre market could create a significant new source of waste heat for heating networks. According to analysis by the Polish Data ...
AI and cloud demand drives growth in European data centre market
Hillwood moves planned data centre further from homes
E-commerce
This is the end
Shopee is ending its operations in Poland. The Asian e-commerce platform, which debuted in Poland in 2021, intends to focus on operations in other reg ...
Wildberries now growing in Ukraine
Wildberries growing in April
ESG
A green office is more than a certificate
More than 97 pct of newly developed office space in Poland is environmentally certified. Certification has therefore become standard, while the buildi ...
Wrocław Fashion Outlet cuts energy usage by 14 pct
PAD RES to construct three solar farms
Eurobuild Awards
New venue and date for the Eurobuild Awards Gala!
The 16th Eurobuild Awards Gala is now on the horizon! And there has been a CHANGE OF DATE AND LOCATION. The Gala will now take place on December 8th, ...
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
Eurobuild FM
The power of community
We spoke with Zdena Noack, managing director of Zeitraum Student Housing, during the opening of Zeitraum Racławicka in Kraków.
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 3
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 2
EurobuildCEE
The October and Expo Real edition of Eurobuild is now out!
In this issue, hot off the press in time for Expo Real in Munich, the cover story is an interview with Ugo Giordano and Katarzyna Rzetecka, who are le ...
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
This sporting real estate life
Events
Will Poland dominate the AI market?
How will AI change the real estate business? Where are the best data centre sites in Poland? Will Europe be able to feed data centres the energy they ...
Get yourself connected with us at Expo Real!
JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 6th
Exclusive
Leading the renaissance of local investors
One of the more interesting Polish property investors to emerge on the local scene in recent years is Syrena Real Estate. This year, it added the Rena ...
The man from NASA
Strengthening our presence – Wolfgang Molnar of Erste Group Bank
Eye to eye
Eye to eye… with Władysław Grochowski
After a long break, we invite you to hot episode of the "Eye to eye" podcast! Today we talk with Władysław Grochowski, the head and founder of Arche.
Eye to eye… with Paweł Sapek
Eye to eye with… Daniel Bienias
For Ukraine
Nansen Refugee Award goes to Poland!
The UN Nansen Refugee Award award will go to Poland for the first time. According to the office of the UNHCR High Commissioner this year's regional wi ...
Build Europe supports refugees and appeals to European Commission
Former Russian building to house Ukrainian refugees
Green projects
EIB grants CTP solar-powered €200m loan
Czech developer CTP has been granted a EUR 200 mln loan from the European Investment Bank for the roll-out of its large-scale solar panel installation ...
Cromwell granted €66m green loan for Janki
Pad Res to build 2 PV farms in Pomerania
Hotels
Green House Development launches pre-sales for final phase of Wave Świnoujście
Green House Development has launched pre-sales for Building C, the final phase of its Wave Świnoujście Thermal & SPA development. The building will fe ...
Accor to open Tribe hotel at Kraków Airport
Bucharest Hotel Market Set for Growth
Human resources
Ghelamco reshuffles management team in Poland
Agnieszka Ciupak has been appointed managing director of Ghelamco in Poland. She joins Przemysław Dąbrowski, Jakub Kutzmann and Krzysztof Gozdecki as ...
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Change at the top for ULI Europe
Infrastructure
Port Polska and Kielce plan cargo terminal
Port Polska and the City of Kielce have signed a letter of intent covering plans for a cargo terminal in Obice, near Kielce. The centre would handle b ...
New railway station planned for Łapy
EUR 54 bln worth of contracts to be awarded for Port Polska in 2026
Interior design
ING Hubs Poland opens new HQ in The Form
ING Hubs Poland is officially moving into its new headquarters in The Form office building in Warsaw’s Wola business district. The more than 6,000 sqm ...
New food hall in Poznań
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
Investment & finance
Poland’s Retail Park Market Drives Growth in Portfolio Transactions
Poland’s increasingly mature retail park market is creating opportunities for portfolio transactions, allowing investors to expand their presence more ...
Commercial property investment hits EUR 680 mln
WING and Griffin seek to take Echo Investment private
Land acquisitions
Panattoni enlarges its Swedish portfolio
Panattoni has acquired two properties near Gothenburg, Sweden. The brownfield sites will be replaced by a modern 43,000 sqm facility.
CTP purchases land in Kragujevac
CTP secures major brownfield site
Material partner
Brownfield rather than greenfield – a model for sustainable development at City Point Targówek
Contemporary cities are grappling with the challenge of fostering dynamic growth while alleviating environmental pressures. Traditional infrastructure ...
Nordbygg 2024: Many innovations and strong interest
Excellent Fern at Off Piotrkowska
Office & mixed-use development
Capgemini doubles office space at Business Garden Warsaw
Capgemini will double its office space at Business Garden Warsaw, taking a total of 3,400 sqm at Vastint’s office campus on Żwirki i Wigury Street. Th ...
Warsaw office vacancy rate falls to 7.9 pct
Syrena Real Estate to modernise Warsaw office building
Property and Facility Management
ISS takes over technical management of Axis in Kraków
ISS has taken over the technical facility management of Axis, an office building in Kraków owned by French fund Corum XL. The company is providing tec ...
Savills takes on TFI PZU retail portfolio
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
Public buildings
Prague 14 begins construction of primary school in Jahodnice
Prague 14 has begun construction of a new primary school in Jahodnice. The school, at U Hostavického potoka Street, will accommodate 540 pupils, with ...
Construction begins on emergency care unit at Prague’s Thomayer University Hospital
Dekpol to redevelop the Poznań Palm House
Residential
Numa to launch in Poland with Warsaw apartment deal
AYA Properties Fund and Curtis Group have signed a 20-year lease with Numa for 56 serviced apartments at ul. Chmielna 13A in central Warsaw. The openi ...
Poland’s housing market stabilises
Archicom launches sales for fifth phase of Modern Mokotów in Warsaw
Retail & leisure
BIG Konstantynów to open expanded retail park on 29 October
BIG Konstantynów will open a new section of its retail park on 29 October 2026, adding around 13,500 sqm of retail space. Following the expansion, the ...
LPP Group to bring four fashion brands to RIVUS
Aurum Optics opens its 27th store in Poland at Manufaktura
Technology
Skanska implements digital access control system at Studio A
Skanska has implemented a digital access control system at Studio A, an office building in Warsaw. The solution uses the company’s proprietary StudioA ...
Logicor brings smart metering to Polish portfolio
Singu takes over QRmaint
Warehouse & industrial
Panattoni Park Bytom fully leased ahead of completion
Panattoni Park Bytom has been fully leased before construction is complete, with packaging supplier Grembox taking more than 33,000 sqm at the develop ...
